A gardener from Ontario, Canada, harvested an 8-foot, 4.79-inch zucchini in his garden and could be crowned the longest zucchini ever recorded.
Henry D’Angela applied to Guinness World Records to certify the gigantic vegetable as the longest in the world.
“I didn’t start growing for a long time,” D’Angela told ThoroldToday. “I was just in a new area that I had never farmed in before. The ground has done very well. It’s amazing.”
D’Angela, a native of the town of Thorold, about 30 miles west of Niagara Falls, started growing zucchini a decade ago.
He told the outlet that the secret to his success is “I guess a lot of water. And I put manure at the base.”
It also didn’t hurt that the Thorold region receives more than 15 hours of daylight in the height of summer, giving plants more time to grow.
Canadian gardener Henry D’Angela may have grown the largest zucchini ever recorded.CHCH News/YouTube The 8-foot, 4.79-inch vegetable was harvested in Thorold, Canada.CHCH News/YouTube D’Angela is currently keeping zucchini safe in his garage.CHCH News/YouTube
The current record holder for longest zucchini, John Giovanni Scozzafavain of Niagara Falls, took home the title in 2014 for one that reached 8 feet, 3.3 inches.
While she waits for news from the record book, D’Angela keeps the zucchini safe in her garage.
“When they open the farmers market in Thorold next year they should present this as a novelty,” said D’Angela, a member of the community’s City Council. “That’s why Thorold can be said to have the largest zucchini in the world.”
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